Anchoring means fob stovepipes



Ag. 3 1926. o. L. AABY ANcHoRmG MEANS Foa sTovEPIPEs .Filed Jan. alf 1925 Patented Aug. 3, 1926.

UNITED STATES OSCAR I.. AABY, OF WOODVILLE, WISCONSIL.

ANCHYIORING- MEANS FOR STOVEPIPES.

Application led January The device as disclosed herein has for its object means to anchor stovepipes in chimney openings and 4consists as hereinafter described and shown in the drawings of a lsvrod adapted to be inserted through the thimble or lining of the stovepipe opening in the chimney and engage the outlet end of said thimble or lining and having bands of flexible sheet metal secured thereto and engageable with the stovepipe.

The construction and advantages ofthe invention will be described at length hereinafter and will be found illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a top plan view partly broken away of a stovepipe' thimble -and a stovepipe showing the anchoring means applied thereto,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 2 2 of Figure l, and

Figure 3 a transverse sectional view on a plane indicated by the line 3-3 of Figure l. In the drawings, similar reference characters will be used to designate corresponding parts throughout the several views.

A stovepipe thimble is indicated at-A, such thimble being of the ordinary construction employed for liningI the opening for the stovepipe in a chimney. The stovepipe is indicated at B.

The ancho-ring` means comprises a rod l having strips of metal 2 secured thereto, the ends of the strips of metal being provided with eyes 3 in which the rod 1 is inserted. The strips 2 are provided with a 31, 1925. Serial N0. 6,147.

plurality of tongues 4 formed by making -shaped incisions in said strips and bending the V-shaped portion outwardly. 5 in- 40 dicates a band that encircles the stovepipe B and is provided at its ends with outwardly extending iianges 6 to receive a bolt 7 to clamp the band 5 in-engagement with v the stovepipe. In operation, it will be apparent that the anchor is first inserted through the opening in the thimble A so that the ends of the rod l engage the deli-very end of the thimble or the inside of the chimney at the two sides of the thimble or above and below it. The stovepipe is then inserted into the thimble, the strips 2 being'arranged on the outside oli' the pipe, and after the stovepipe is in position, the band 5 is placed 55 around the pipe so that it is engaged by one of the tongues 4 of each strip and the band is then securely locked to the pipe by frictional engagement therewith by means of the bolt 7. 30

Vhat is claimed is: A stovepipe anchoring a rod adapted to engage the outlet end of a smoke flue thimble, strips, each having` one of its ends bent back on itself to form 05 an eye engaging said rod, a series of tongues struck up from each strip, saidy strip adapted to extend through the thimble and to overlie the stovepipe, and a band for encircling the smoke pipe and engaging a tongue on each of ySaid strips. In testimony whereof I aiiiX my signa ture.

OSCAR L. AAB Y.

device comprising 

